Artists
Benoît Fromanger
- Opera 18K
Biography
Born in Paris, Benoît Fromager studied the flute at the Versailles conservatoire and at the conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris under eminent teachers such as Roger Bourdin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Alain Marion.
On completion of his studies, he won several international competitions.
His discography, including many recordings with differents labels like EMI, Phillips, Forlane, Tudor, Sony and more, received a lot of awards such as : The Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français, "Diapason d'or" etc and so on.
Benoît Fromager has frequently performed in Europe, U.S. and Asia with a number of renowned orchestras like the Bavarian Radio Symphony the Berlin Philarmonic and such eminent conductors like L.Bernstein, L.Maazel, C.Abbado,C.M.Giulini, C.Davis, B.Haitink, D.BarenboÏm, R.Mutti, P.Boulez, Z.Mehta,W.Sawallisch etc.,
He also varied his musical experiences by taking part in many shows, concerts and chamber music ensembles, playing with : Jessye Norman, Carolyn Carlson, Patrick Dupond, Katia et Marielle Labèque, Maxim Vengerov, Sting, Olivier Nivet, Misha MaÏski, Claude Bolling, Juliette Hurel, Christine Icart, Bud, Alessandro Barrico, Viktoria Mullova, Gérard Depardieu...
After being the Principal flutist at the Paris Opera House and from the Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra, Benoît Fromanger has been a "Professor" at the famous Music Academy Hanns-Eisler in Berlin since 2004.
http://hfm-berlin.de/
"BenoÎt FROMANGER is not only a marvelous flutist but also an accomplished musician who nobly honours the école Française de Flûte."
- J.P RAMPAL-
"Talented Musician, inspired and hypersensitive, Fromanger remains inscribed as the deserving representative of the French Tradition set up by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Roger Bourdin, his teachers and expresses himself like one of the greatest flautist in the world...
His beautiful vibrancy is wide and generous; but the most noticeable in Benoît Fromanger, it is this ability to adapt his phrasing and modify his tone so as to carry out at best his music and all of them."
Georges Hustings. (Diapason February 2000)
Opera 18K
Four outstanding handmade headjoints are available: Forte, Vivo, Calore and Vivace.
These elegant and perfect handmade engravings are possible on the keys and lip-plate.
The 18K Opera flute is optionally available with gold plating. This brings a warm and dark element in the sound.
The tone holes of the Opera flute are always soldered.
Pointed arms both increase the stability and enhance the quality of the mechanism.
The 18K Opera flute has an optional split E-mechanism that allows for secure attacks and smooth slurs to the third octave E.
Available with E-mechanism lever.
All models are available with in-line or off-set G key.
The C# trill key makes many trill fingerings easier and lets the high G#3 speak better. It also improves the intonation of both C#2 and C#3.
The One-Piece Core-Bar construction results in more playing comfort and less wear of the mechanism.
The G/A trill key makes the G3/A3 trill speak better (not possible in combination with the C# trill key).
The Pinless Mechanism ensures the stable connection of the mechanism and prevents it from corrosion.
The ergonomic D# roller simplifies movement of the right hand little finger.
Optionally available with C-foot or B-foot.
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